Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery

• Management of fecal incontinence Rectal stricture Management of fecal impaction Abdominal approaches to rectal prolapse Management of solitary rectal ulcer Rectocele management Rectal foreign bodies Management of sacral and retrorectal tumors Management of rectal villous tumorsEvaluation of rectal cancer: assessment of operative risk strategy Cancer of the rectum: neoadjuvant therapy Cancer of the rectum: operative managementRectal cancer: local and transanal treatment Rectal cancer: local recurrence, resection, surgery and follow-upManagement of perineal hernia SECTION III THE COLONPreoperative preparation and risk assessment of the patient for colon and rectal surgeryMedical treatment of ulcerative colitis and other colitides Chronic ulcerative colitis: surgical options Management of acute toxic colitis and megacolonPelvic pouch anastomotic complications and management Pouchitis and functional complications of the pelvic pouch The continent ileostomy: evolution, construction and management of complications Unhealed perineal wound Medical treatment of Crohn's disease Management of Crohn's colitis Perianal Crohn's disease: managementCecal ulcer Pseudomembranous colitis Cytomegalovirus ileocolitis and Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS Diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis Diverticulitis and fistula: surgical treatment and complicationsLower gastrointestinal bleeding Large bowel obstruction Volvulus of the colon Pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) Management of the malignant polyp Treatment of colorectal adenomas: screening, follow-up and surveillanceMolecular genetics of colorectal cancer Polyposis syndromesDesmoid tumors Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer Cancer of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei managementSurgical management of cancer of the colon Chemotherapy and adjuvant therapies for metastatic colon cancer Management of colorectal liver metastasis Resection of colorectal pulmonary metastases Management of non-epithelial colonic and rectal tumors, and gastrointestinal stromal tumorsManagement of colonic ischemia Management and Treatment of Colon and Rectal Trauma Endometriosis of the colon and rectum Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis Constipation SECTION IV SMALL INTESTINESmall bowel obstruction Medical management of short bowel syndrome Indications and management of intestinal transplantCrohn's disease of the duodenum, stomach, and esophagus Management of small bowel Crohn's disease Small bowel neoplasms Carcinoid tumors of the large and small bowelEnterocutaneous fistula: small and large bowelAcute and chronic mesenteric ischemia of small intestineRadiation enteritis and proctocolitis SECTION V COMPLICATIONS (AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS)Colorectal surgery in the high-risk patient Reoperative pelvic surgeryNutritional support in colorectal surgeryPrevention and management of sepsis Management of anastomotic leakComplications of colonoscopy The management of hemorrhage during pelvic surgery Urologic complications of colorectal surgery Prevention and treatment of complications of laparoscopic intestinal surgery Prevention and management of stoma complications Stoma and wound considerations: nursing management Outcomes analysis and measurement of quality of life CPT coding in colorectal surgery Enhanced recovery pathways after colorectal surgery Managing complex ventral hernia during colorectal surgery

"The comprehensive nature of the book is impressive and the update long overdue. There are some gems, like the chapter on allotransplantation of the bowel, which usually only receives a paragraph or two in other books."- Shauna Lorenzo-Rivero, AB, MD (University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga) for Doody's Review Service